Resilient heel



Nov 17, 1931. M. SIEGEL RESILIENT HEEL Filed Jan, '10, 1931 YORR/S S/EGA'L A Home y Patented Nov. 17, 1931 PATENT OFFICE 'MORRIS SIEGEL, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK RESILIENT HEEL Application filed January 10, 1931.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in heels for shoes, and more particularly it pertains to resilient heels.

I) It is one object of the present invention to provide a resilient heel having a reversible wearing section of novel construction, thereby increasing the life of the wear receiving portion of the heel.

It is another object of the invention to provide a resilient heel with a novel wear receiving section which may be renewed at will.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a new and novel fastening means for a removable and reversible wear receiving heel section which will render said section readily removable and which will operate to secure the same to the main heel section in either of the reversible positions of the removable heel section.

With the above and other objects in view,

reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure 1, is a detail longitudinal sectional view of the heel portion of a shoe, showing a heel constructed in accordance with the present invention attached thereto,

Figure 2, is' a fragmentary view in elevation partly in section illustrating the manner in which the removable section ofthe heel is flexed either to remove said section or to apply the same to the main heel body,

Figure 3, is a detail plan view showing the bottom face of the heel and the inner face of the removable wear section, and

Figure 4, is a detail transverse sectional view taken through the heel at right angles to Figure 1 and illustrating in detail the means employed to prevent flexing of-the removable section of the heel when the same is in place in the main heel body.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the reference numeral 5 designates the upper of a shoe, and 6 designates the sole thereof. The heel is designated? and in the resent embodiment of the invention it comili'ises a rigid main body portion 8 which is secured by means of shoe nails or the like 9 to the shoe proper.

In carrying out the present invention, 1

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provide the rigid mainbody portion of the heel with a recess such as designated 10 in the drawings, and this recess is adapted to receive a removable heel section 12 preferably formed of rubber or other resilient material. The recess 10 and the removable resilient section 12 are preferably of the same shape, and are so formed that the removable section 12 may be reversed and still conform in shape to the shape of the recessed portion 1 0. In the diawings I have illustrated the recess and the removable section as of oval form, but 'it is to be understood that other forms or shapes may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention so long as the removable section 12 and the recess 10 are of such shape as to permit of a reversal of the removable section 12 in the recess and'permit of its conforming thereto in either of its reversed positions.

Means .is provided for securing the removable section 12 within the recess 10, and in the present illustration of the invention this means comprises two strips of metal 14 and 15 which are secured tothe rigid main body 8 of the heel in such amanner as to form spaced eyes 16, the main body portion 8 of the heel being recessed as at 17 at these points. The removable section 12 carries hook like members 18 which are oppositely disposed, s

and which upon fie'xing or bending of the heel as illustrated in Figure 2, may be engaged in the eyes 16 when the removable section 12 is flattened out.

When the removable section 12 is flexed as illustrated in Figure 2, and the hook members 18 are in position to engagethe eyes 16,

a plurality of socket members such as 20 of which there are preferably two, which socket members are carried by the main body portion 8 of the heel and are adapted to receive studs or headed members such as 21 carried by the resilient removable section 12 therof.

Thus it will be seen that when the member 12 has been flexed so that the hook members 18 thereof engage beneath the eye members 16, the heads or studs 21 carried thereby will be received in the resilient sockets 20, and the separable fasteners in their interengaged position will prevent accidental flexing of the resilient section 12 and will thus assure its being retained in operative position in the recess of the heel body 8.

When the one face or rear edge of the resilient heel section 12 has become worn, it is only necessary to disengage the separable fasteners which may be done by flexing the resilient section 12 with a suitable tool or implement and flexing the same to a position suflicient to disengage the hook members 18 with the eyes 16. After this has been done the resilient removable section 12 is reversed with relation to its former position and again flexed to cause engagement of the hook members 18 with the eyes 16 and the engagement of the head and socket fasteners as heretofore described to position the removable section 12 in the reversed position with respect to its original position and thus present a new wearing surface.

The resilient removable section 12 may be soled as separate elements, and when one is completely worn, it may be replaced by a new element which it will be understood will be of standard construction and will fit all types of heels except that they will of course vary as to size.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present invention provides a new and novel construction whereby a shoe or boot heel may be provided with a reversible and renewable resilient section which may be manipulated in the described manner by the wearer and without necessitating any particular skill on his part,

While the invention has been herein illustrated in what may be termed a preferred form or construction, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the specific construction herein shown and that it may be practiced in other forms without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and what it is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is;

A heel for shoes comprising a recessed main heel section, a resilient reversible heel section adapted for reception in the recess of the main heel section, and means for removably securing said resilient heel section in either of its positions in the recess of the 

